CROSSVILLE —
Thursday wasn't Alfred Leon Wilson's day. First, a hitchhiker he picked up somewhere in Alabama stole his pickup truck and a trailer containing all his personal belongings.
Even as his truck and property were being stolen in Auburn, AL, Cumberland County Sheriff's Investigator Jeff Slayton was waiting to appear before the grand jury to present new allegations of kidnapping and rape against Wilson.
And, as he was in the process of reporting his truck stolen to Auburn Police, they arrested him for being a fugitive from facing the new indictment handed down in Tennessee just minutes before.
Wilson, 49, who gave Auburn Police a Charlotte, NC, address, up until last week listed his home as being on Claysville Rd., was indicted Oct. 31 on a charge of kidnapping and, up until about two weeks ago, was in jail, unable to make his $40,000 bond. The bond was reduced to $20,000 in a Dec. 13 appearance in Criminal Court and his case was continued to Feb. 17.
After Wilson got out on bond, two new complaints were filed against him but no charges were filed.
The resulting investigation on one of those complaints led to the issuance of a search warrant for Wilson's Claysville home and seizure of evidence.
Slayton was standing in line to present the case he developed to the grand jury when an Auburn Police investigator called for a background check on Wilson after Wilson reported his pickup and the trailer it was pulling had been stolen by a hitchhiker he had picked up.
According to Auburn Police, Wilson — who said he was in the process of moving to Florida — had stopped to walk his dog when the man left in his pickup. When Auburn Police were notified, they did a routine background check on Wilson and learned of the October indictment.
On a hunch, the Alabama investigator called Investigator Chad Norris, who was aware of the grand jury presentation going on. He informed Slayton who hurriedly obtained his indictments for kidnapping and rape.
The indictment was then sent via Fax to Auburn Police who used it to obtain their own fugitive warrant to hold Wilson for an extradition hearing. It was not known on Friday if Wilson planned to fight or waive extradition back to Crossville to face the new charges.
Arraignment is set for Jan. 20.
Records show Wilson was indicted in January 2008 in connection with a similar incident involving a victim from Myrtle Beach, SC. He was charged with aggravated kidnapping, attempted rape and attempted sexual battery.
In June of that year, he avoided having to register on the Tennessee Sex Offender Registry by pleading guilty to attempted kidnapping and received a two-year suspended sentence with 145 days to serve. The remainder was suspended.
It is not known when Wilson will be returned to Tennessee to face the latest charge.
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